Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80919

Fertility: Software

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of fertility apps for their users.

Answer

Karin Smyth
No formal assessment has been made of fertility apps and no steps are being taken to regulate them. Fertility apps are privately owned health apps, and as such they do not share data directly with the Department.Where fertility apps meet the definition of...
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